Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are projected to be two of the cities in the world to record the highest average growth rates of GDP during the period 2008-2025, according to a research conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC).

A large number of students from Hanoi-based universities and general schools flocked to the Children’s Palace on July 30 to sing peace anthems in both Vietnamese and French at a festival themed “A City for Peace Resounding”.

Love it or loathe it, the vibrancy of Hanoi’s old quarter always
provokes a reaction, its throbbing effervescence giving the capital’s
residents a sense of its own unique character and a charm that has
captivated the hearts and minds of the city’s foreign residents, who
have spoken of their love of this lively, interesting and beautiful
place.